People
Don’t be afraid of missing opportunities. Behind every failure is an opportunity somebody wishes they had missed.
— Lily Tomlin
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The speaker says not to fear missing opportunities, then adds a wry twist: behind each failure lies an opportunity that somebody wishes they had missed. Failure is recast as a chance taken and regretted, so passing one up starts to look less like loss.
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